WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Pumpkin patches around the Air Capital are getting ready to open for business. However, the summer rains did cause problems for local pumpkin patch owners, but they were able to solve them and save the crop.

The National Environmental Education Foundation says wet weather can cause rot and mildew on pumpkins, but Meadowlark Farms in Rose Hill says they were able to avoid that.

"So we look for pumpkin varieties with as much disease resistance as possible. That's a genetic thing that's bred into the plant before we buy it. And then we follow a pest management program so we spray fungicide onto the plants before they get sick," said Meadowlark Farms owner Tom Brown.

Ten miles away in Andover, the rains also caused problems for another popular pumpkin patch from Marie

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